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This is democracyow democracynow.org the00:00:03
Warren Peace Report. I am Amy Goodman in00:00:05
New York joined by Democracy Now's Juan00:00:08
Gonzalez in Chicago. Hi Juan.00:00:11
>> Hi Amy and welcome to all of our00:00:13
listeners and viewers across the country00:00:14
and around the world.00:00:16
>> The Trump administration's escalating00:00:19
its takeover of the Washington DC police00:00:22
force. Attorney General Pam Bondi has00:00:25
named the head of the Drug Enforcement00:00:28
Administration as DC's emergency police00:00:31
commissioner, but DC Mayor Muriel Bowser00:00:34
and DC Attorney General Brian Schwab00:00:37
have rejected the order. In addition,00:00:39
Bondi's ordered an end to Washington00:00:42
DC's sanctuary policies, which00:00:45
restricted DC police from aiding federal00:00:48
immigration enforcement. This comes days00:00:51
after Trump deployed 800 National Guard00:00:53
to Washington DC as he declared a crime00:00:56
emergency in DC even though violent00:00:59
crime is at a 30-year low. Meanwhile,00:01:02
the Republican controlled Congress is00:01:04
continuing to withhold a billion dollars00:01:07
taken away from Washington DC's budget00:01:10
earlier this year. President Trump's00:01:12
also threatening to take action against00:01:15
other Democratic cities.00:01:19
You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You00:01:22
look at Los Angeles, how bad it is. We00:01:25
have other cities that are very bad. New00:01:27
York has a problem. And then you have,00:01:29
of course, Baltimore and Oakland. We00:01:32
don't even mention that anymore. They're00:01:33
so they're so far gone. We're not going00:01:36
to let it happen. We're not going to00:01:37
lose our cities over this.00:01:40
And this will go further. We're starting00:01:43
very strongly with DC. And we're going00:01:45
to clean it up real quick. Very quickly,00:01:49
>> all of the cities Trump named are run by00:01:52
black mayors. Trump singled out Chicago00:01:56
Mayor Brandon Johnson for criticism.00:02:00
>> And if we need to, we're going to do the00:02:02
same thing in Chicago, which is a00:02:04
disaster. We have a mayor there who's00:02:06
totally incompetent. He's an incompetent00:02:08
man, and we have an incompetent governor00:02:13
there.00:02:14
We go now to Chicago where we're joined00:02:16
by Mayor Brandon Johnson who served as00:02:19
mayor since 2023.00:02:22
Mayor, thank you for joining us. Well,00:02:24
why don't you start off by responding uh00:02:26
directly to President Trump's criticism00:02:29
of you, but also the takeover of DC and00:02:33
what Chicago is doing about it.00:02:36
>> Well, good morning. Um there's a clear00:02:38
fundamental difference between uh the00:02:41
approach that President Trump is taking00:02:43
versus um how we are handling the very00:02:46
complex social issues um that have00:02:50
unfortunately plagued our cities and00:02:53
America for for decades. Um it is very00:02:56
evident that we have a president that00:02:58
has incredible disdain for working00:03:01
people. Um it's pretty straightforward00:03:03
for for us here in the city of Chicago.00:03:05
I remember a time, you know, Amy, when00:03:07
presidents uh declared wars on poverty.00:03:12
This president has declared war on poor00:03:15
people and the work that we're doing in00:03:19
Chicago and really cities across00:03:21
America. We're investing in people,00:03:24
right? the fundamental difference00:03:25
between the authoritarianism that's00:03:28
coming from the White House versus the00:03:31
collective community approach that we're00:03:34
leading here in Chicago um is that the00:03:37
president is looking to resuscitate uh00:03:40
the sins and the evil of the past and00:03:43
the city of Chicago is moving00:03:45
progressively forward. And so for00:03:46
instance, we are investing in mental00:03:49
health and behavioral health. I'm the00:03:51
first mayor since the first black mayor00:03:54
in the history of Chicago to reopen00:03:56
mental health clinics and provide mental00:03:59
health treatment across the city. When00:04:02
people are having mental health crisis,00:04:04
a paid professional mental health00:04:06
provider shows up to those crises versus00:04:09
a police officer to provide the00:04:11
necessary care there and that frees up00:04:13
law enforcement to address some of the00:04:15
other critical issues that we are00:04:17
dealing with. The bottom line is this.00:04:19
Our approach in investing in people has00:04:21
led to some of the most historic um00:04:24
declines in violence. The month of00:04:26
April, we had the fewest amount of00:04:28
homicides since 1962.00:04:32
Right now, we are on pace to not only um00:04:36
lower crime in a very significant way,00:04:38
we're doing it in the very neighborhoods00:04:40
that have been historically disinvested00:04:42
in. And so right now in the city of00:04:44
Chicago, we have a 30% reduction in00:04:47
homicides. Shootings and shooting00:04:49
victims are down nearly 40%. Robberies00:04:53
are down um nearly 35%. There is00:04:56
certainly more work to be done. Uh but00:04:58
we're not going to transform our cities.00:05:02
Um if we revert back to a time in the00:05:05
past where the addiction of jails and00:05:09
incarceration has not led to safer00:05:12
communities. In fact, it has done the00:05:14
opposite. And so, as the mayor of this00:05:16
city, I don't necessarily pay attention00:05:18
to to name calling. It's really about00:05:21
calling out the names of the people who00:05:23
have put mayors like myself in positions00:05:26
to lead. The last thing that I'll say is00:05:28
I'm thinking about, of course, the great00:05:31
history of the labor and the civil00:05:33
rights movement where Dr. Keane said,00:05:35
"If these two forces were to ever uh00:05:37
collide, what enormous potential it will00:05:40
have." and he came to the city of00:05:42
Chicago a generation ago fighting for00:05:44
fair housing. And he said, "If we can00:05:46
get it right in the city of Chicago, we00:05:48
can do it anywhere in the world." And00:05:50
that's essentially what we're doing.00:05:52
We're carrying out the dreams and the00:05:53
hopes and aspirations of um our00:05:56
ancestors, building the safest, most00:05:58
affordable big city in America, 10,00000:06:01
affordable units by the end of my first00:06:02
term. A lot of work to do, but we're not00:06:05
going to get it done if we don't move00:06:07
forward with progressive policies. And00:06:09
we're certainly not going to get it done00:06:10
if we revert back to a time in which00:06:12
clearly Donald Trump is um salivating00:06:15
over a time in which people have been00:06:18
deeply um harmed uh by by federal00:06:21
policy. We're not going to go backwards.00:06:23
We're going to continue to move forward00:06:24
as a city. Uh, mayor, I wanted to ask00:06:26
you also about Trump uh, blasting the00:06:30
uh, Illinois00:06:31
governor's position and your position on00:06:34
cash bail. U, the impact that uh,00:06:37
elimination of ca of cash bail has had00:06:40
on the black and brown communities.00:06:44
>> Well, again, here's yet another example00:06:46
of progressive policies that, you know,00:06:48
have led to a precipitous decline in00:06:50
violent crime. What we have seen is in00:06:53
the past there is a proclivity to00:06:55
criminalize poverty and that's00:06:57
essentially what has been happening uh00:06:59
for decades um throughout the country.00:07:02
And so by eliminating this barrier where00:07:04
people were uh being held um and00:07:07
detained uh for uh minor and and and00:07:11
offenses of essentially trying to00:07:14
survive and people being held up in our00:07:17
jails simply because they cannot afford00:07:20
bail. um we have discovered that that00:07:22
doesn't necessarily drive violence down00:07:24
in the city of Chicago. What drives00:07:26
violence down is when we are investing00:07:28
in in our workers. You know, I passed an00:07:31
ordinance um in the first few months of00:07:34
my time in office where we expanded paid00:07:38
time off for workers. And so workers00:07:41
were looking for a day off and I gave00:07:43
them 10. So we are the largest city in00:07:46
America that has offered up paid time00:07:49
off for over 1 million workers. And so00:07:52
now you have workers who can spend time00:07:55
with their families, make doctor00:07:56
appointments. That's the type of work00:07:59
that has to be done in cities across00:08:01
America if we're truly going to build00:08:03
safe and affordable cities. It's not00:08:05
reverting back to a time in which the00:08:07
addiction on jails and incarc and00:08:09
incarceration where that has led to um00:08:12
quite frankly not just the separation of00:08:15
families, but it has really not caused00:08:18
um violent crime to go down. We have to00:08:20
do what works and in the city of00:08:22
Chicago, the state of Illinois, we're00:08:24
very proud of our progressive uh00:08:26
policies and not just uh for paid time00:08:29
off and making sure that workers can00:08:30
actually spend time with their families.00:08:32
We have abolished the subminimum wage00:08:34
for tip workers. So, we're talking about00:08:36
60,000 workers, overwhelmingly brown and00:08:39
black women, um, who will now receive00:08:41
raises on top of their tips. We're00:08:44
building the safest, most affordable big00:08:46
city in America, the most proworker city00:08:48
in America. And we're doing it in a very00:08:50
collective way in response to what00:08:53
people are actually calling for. And00:08:55
whether it's eliminating cash bail,00:08:57
eliminating the subminimum wage, giving00:08:59
workers pay time off, investing in our00:09:02
young people and mental health um care00:09:04
services, it's why we're seeing violent00:09:06
crime go down in the city of Chicago.00:09:09
And and mayor, I wanted to ask you also00:09:11
about immigration. Clearly a signature00:09:13
issue of of President Trump's mass00:09:16
deportations of uh the undocumented and00:09:19
even the targeting and reduction of of00:09:21
illegal immigration. uh uh what's the00:09:25
situation in Chicago? Have these ice00:09:27
rays intensified? And you being a00:09:29
sanctuary city, how are you confronting00:09:32
the threat of the this massive00:09:34
mobilization of the Trump administration00:09:36
uh in cities like Chicago?00:09:39
>> Well, we're we are a welcoming city and00:09:41
we've been a welcoming city for 4000:09:43
years. Uh the first black mayor, Mayor00:09:45
Harry Washington, declared that his00:09:47
corporate council, James Montgomery, who00:09:50
was also the council for the Black00:09:51
Panther Party, insisted that we as local00:09:55
law enforcement not engage with federal00:09:58
ICE agents in terms of the00:10:01
implementation of um immigration policy.00:10:05
It doesn't make us safe. In fact, it00:10:06
creates that much more trepidation and00:10:09
animist towards law enforcement that00:10:12
really becomes antithetical to what00:10:14
we're trying to accomplish through00:10:15
constitutional policing. And so I have,00:10:18
you know, been very vocal about making00:10:20
sure that we will protect the rights of00:10:23
uh immigrants and undocumented families.00:10:26
um we are not going to um allow for our00:10:29
local law enforcement to behave or00:10:32
double as federal ICE agents,00:10:34
particularly at a time in which the00:10:36
president of the United States of00:10:37
America is using the ICE department as00:10:40
his own uh personal militarized force.00:10:44
you know, with his so-called big bill,00:10:48
um, the largest concentration of wealth00:10:51
into the hands of the ultra rich. We00:10:54
have never seen that type of shift of00:10:56
wealth at one single time. And then the00:11:00
ICE budget is only third to the United00:11:04
States government in terms of its00:11:06
military force and China. So, there's00:11:08
only two other forces that have more00:11:12
resources than ICE. And Dr. King warned00:11:15
us of militarization and racism, right?00:11:18
Uh he warned us of these things a00:11:20
generation ago. And so, we're seeing00:11:22
that play out in the Trump00:11:23
administration, but we're not going to00:11:25
back down. We're not going to cower or00:11:26
bend or or certainly be intimidated by00:11:29
these um attempts to divide and conquer00:11:32
our communities. So, we are a firm,00:11:34
welcoming city. We're going to protect00:11:36
immigrants, undocumented people, but00:11:39
we're also are going to ensure that we00:11:41
do everything in our power to invest in00:11:43
people because that's how you build safe00:11:45
and affordable big cities by actually00:11:47
investing in people. And that's exactly00:11:49
what we're doing.00:11:50
>> Mayor Johnson, I wanted to turn to other00:11:52
mayors who are also pushing against uh00:11:55
Trump's threats. This is Baltimore Mayor00:11:58
Brandon Scott in an interview with CNN.00:12:02
I think it's very notable that each and00:12:05
every one of the cities called out by00:12:06
the president has a black mayor and most00:12:09
of those cities are seeing historic lows00:12:11
in violent crime. The president could00:12:13
learn a lot from us instead of throwing00:12:15
things at us.00:12:17
>> Meanwhile, Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee00:12:19
told ABC 7 her city will not allow a00:12:23
military occupation.00:12:26
This is part of his effort to uh00:12:28
dismantle democracy, to militarize00:12:31
cities where people live, which he don't00:12:34
he does not recognize, understand, or00:12:36
see.00:12:37
>> Of course, that's Barbara Lee, now00:12:39
Oakland mayor before that Congress00:12:41
member. Um, so Chicago Mayor Brandon00:12:44
Johnson, explain exactly how you're00:12:47
taking uh the Trump administration on.00:12:51
Uh, what are the lawsuits? How are you00:12:53
planning to respond?00:12:56
>> Yeah, first of all, both of those mayors00:12:58
are absolutely right. Again, racism,00:13:01
poverty, militarism, these are the three00:13:03
evils uh that we were uh warned of a00:13:06
generation ago. And so, how we are00:13:08
approaching this is first of all calling00:13:10
out the hypocrisy of President Donald00:13:13
Trump. If he was serious about00:13:15
transforming our cities, he would not00:13:17
have taken over $800 million out of the00:13:20
budget that was designed for uh violence00:13:23
prevention. One of the ways in which you00:13:25
actually um prevent violence um in in00:13:29
cities across America is by investing in00:13:31
people. And so what we've done is that00:13:33
we have strengthened our welcoming city00:13:35
ordinance to ensure that immigrants and00:13:38
undocumented families um are secure and00:13:42
safe in our city. We are investing in00:13:45
the west and south sides of Chicago a00:13:47
$1.25 billion investment for housing and00:13:51
economic development. We are investing00:13:53
in our public education system.00:13:55
Literally everything that we are doing00:13:58
is what President Trump is trying to00:13:59
prevent from happening. Whether it's his00:14:02
budget to eliminate Medicaid, uh to00:14:05
eliminate SNAP and his war on on public00:14:08
education, we are going to use every00:14:11
single tool that we have available to us00:14:13
and whether it's the policies that we're00:14:15
putting forth, the investments that00:14:17
we're putting forward, um taking legal00:14:19
actions, and then of course people00:14:21
taking it to the streets. As a former00:14:23
union organizer and a public education,00:14:25
a public school teacher here in Chicago,00:14:27
I know the the value and the benefit of00:14:30
people raising up their voices. Um, you00:14:33
know, the very elevators in which I now00:14:36
take to the fifth floor. Um, I've00:14:38
blocked those elevators and I've taken00:14:40
arrests because we've had00:14:42
administrations ignore the interests of00:14:44
working people. This is really a moment00:14:47
not just for mayors, but for labor, for00:14:51
community leaders, for faith leaders to00:14:53
all come together to resist uh the00:14:56
tyrannical rain that is coming from the00:14:58
White House. And so I'm going to use00:15:00
every single tool that I have access to00:15:02
um to ensure that we protect working00:15:05
people across our city, black, brown,00:15:07
white, Asian, young, old, the very00:15:10
exciting intergenerational movement um00:15:13
that that said yes we can. The the00:15:15
movement that said keep hope alive. Uh00:15:18
you know the movement that of course00:15:20
that have propelled you know many00:15:21
tremendous great leaders into powerful00:15:24
positions. That that is what Chicago has00:15:27
has been about right. And again, you00:15:29
know, it was Dr. King who came to the00:15:31
city of Chicago and and said that if we00:15:33
can figure it out in the city of00:15:34
Chicago, we can do it anywhere in the00:15:36
world. And we're literally building and00:15:38
transforming communities by building00:15:39
more affordable units. We've hired over00:15:41
30,000 young people for summer jobs.00:15:44
It's a almost 50% increase since taking00:15:46
office. And then, of course, we're00:15:48
making all of the necessary investments00:15:50
um to ensure that we are solving crime00:15:52
in Chicago. Violent crime is down. a lot00:15:55
of work to be done, but you're seeing00:15:57
black mayors across this country. Um00:15:59
you're seeing progressive policies00:16:01
actually uh prove positive um to the00:16:04
interest of of everyone. And so um we're00:16:07
also moving forward in our budget season00:16:10
to ensure that the ultra rich pay their00:16:12
fair share in taxes. If we're going to00:16:14
continue to make progress across this00:16:16
country, the ultra rich have to put more00:16:18
skin in the game. what Donald Trump is00:16:20
is essent essentially doing, he is doing00:16:23
the bidding of tyrants around the world.00:16:26
Um, if you're getting high fives from00:16:28
Putin, you know, you you're you're00:16:30
you're aligned with with some of the00:16:33
very people who have been charged with00:16:35
with war crimes, right? And so, we're00:16:37
seeing these tyrants all over the00:16:40
country find um uh refuge in Trump's00:16:44
administration. But we the people, we00:16:46
the people must resist the urges of of00:16:49
fear and anxiety and stand firm on uh00:16:52
the fundamental values of our democracy.00:16:55
And then finally to never ever surrender00:16:57
our humanity.00:16:59
Mayor, we only have about a minute, but00:17:00
I wanted to ask you about a a more local00:17:03
issue, but a major issue, public00:17:04
education. Uh your school board in00:17:07
Chicago is facing a seven more than $70000:17:10
million deficit. Uh and there's been00:17:14
constant battles between yourself and00:17:16
school leaders over whether you should00:17:18
borrow more money, whether the school00:17:20
should borrow more money. And uh even00:17:23
the outgoing uh CEO, Pedro Martinez,00:17:26
that you were at at war with for quite a00:17:28
while. Now you have someone that you've00:17:30
appointed as interimm, but even they are00:17:32
resisting this idea to borrow more money00:17:35
to deal with the deficit. I'm wondering00:17:36
your position on the latest Chicago00:17:39
Board of Education uh budget proposal.00:17:42
Well, look, public education at the00:17:44
expense of the state, after all, is a00:17:46
negro idea. Those are the words of Web00:17:48
De Mo. And so, investing in our public00:17:51
schools, that's fundamental to our00:17:53
democracy. The city of Chicago has00:17:55
invested um nearly a billion dollars00:17:57
into our public education system. We are00:17:59
still woefully underfunded by the state00:18:01
of Illinois. Their own calculation um00:18:03
has made it very clear that the city of00:18:05
Chicago, workingclass people are owed00:18:08
$1.6 billion. the federal government00:18:11
allowed for the esser uh um investment00:18:14
to uh to expire. Um had those00:18:17
investments been maintained, we would be00:18:19
talking about a surplus right here.00:18:21
Look, there are two choices. We're00:18:22
either going to invest in people or00:18:24
we're going to cut from people. And I'm00:18:26
making the very conscious decision that00:18:28
in order to build the safest, most00:18:29
affordable big city in America, the most00:18:31
proworker city in America, we have to00:18:33
invest in our children. We have to00:18:35
invest in our people. And that's exactly00:18:37
what the people of Chicago voted for.00:18:38
And that's exactly exactly what I'm00:18:40
going to do. >> Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, we want00:18:42
to thank you for being with us. Former00:18:44
teacher and organizer with the Chicago00:18:47
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Support our work: https://www.democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt President Trump says his takeover of policing in Washington, D.C., will serve as an example of policies he hopes to enact in other major U.S. cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. All the cities on his target list are led by Black mayors, and most have "sanctuary" policies limiting local cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Responding to Trump's threats, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson tells _Democracy Now!_ that his city will not "cower or bend or be intimidated by these attempts to divide and conquer our communities." He says that unlike Trump's militarized approach, Chicago has been investing in mental health services, raising wages and building affordable housing as part of a larger campaign to improve quality of life. Contrary to Trump's claims, violent crime is down in Chicago. "We're building the safest, most affordable big city in America, the most pro-worker city in America, and we're doing it in a very collective way," says Johnson. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://www.democracynow.org/subscribe
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The best quality formats are FullHD (1080p), 2K (1440p), 4K (2160p) and 8K (4320p). The higher the resolution of your screen, the higher the video quality should be. However, there are other factors to consider: download speed, amount of free space, and device performance during playback.
Why does my computer freeze when loading a "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People" video?
The browser/computer should not freeze completely! If this happens, please report it with a link to the video. Sometimes videos cannot be downloaded directly in a suitable format, so we have added the ability to convert the file to the desired format. In some cases, this process may actively use computer resources.
How can I download "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People" video to my phone?
You can download a video to your smartphone using the website or the PWA application UDL Lite. It is also possible to send a download link via QR code using the UDL Helper extension.
How can I download an audio track (music) to MP3 "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People"?
The most convenient way is to use the UDL Client program, which supports converting video to MP3 format. In some cases, MP3 can also be downloaded through the UDL Helper extension.
How can I save a frame from a video "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Tells Trump to Stay Out; Decries Authoritarianism, War on Poor People"?
This feature is available in the UDL Helper extension. Make sure that "Show the video snapshot button" is checked in the settings. A camera icon should appear in the lower right corner of the player to the left of the "Settings" icon. When you click on it, the current frame from the video will be saved to your computer in JPEG format.
How do I play and download streaming video?
- in video formats, hover your mouse over "Streaming Video**";
- right-click on "Copy link";
- open VLC-player;
- select Media - Open Network Stream - Network in the menu;
- paste the copied link into the input field;
- click "Play".
- copy the video address (URL);
- select "Open Network Stream" in the "Media" item of VLC player and paste the link to the video into the input field;
- click on the arrow on the "Play" button and select "Convert" in the list;
- select "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)" in the "Profile" line;
- click the "Browse" button to select a folder to save the converted video and click the "Start" button;
- conversion speed depends on the resolution and duration of the video.
For this purpose you need VLC-player, which can be downloaded for free from the official website https://www.videolan.org/vlc/.
How to play streaming video through VLC player:
To download streaming video via VLC player, you need to convert it:
Warning: this download method no longer works with most YouTube videos.
What's the price of all this stuff?
It costs nothing. Our services are absolutely free for all users. There are no PRO subscriptions, no restrictions on the number or maximum length of downloaded videos.